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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Page last reviewed: October 2025

Elective

Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting within 18 weeks. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

56.3%

Rank: 95 of 118

National Average

61.3%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting within 18 weeks performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Aug 2458.0%58.3%
Sep 2459.0%58.5%
Oct 2459.9%58.9%
Nov 2458.6%59.2%
Dec 2457.3%58.9%
Jan 2556.7%58.9%
Feb 2556.5%59.2%
Mar 2555.9%59.8%
Apr 2555.5%59.7%
May 2555.6%60.9%
Jun 2557.0%61.5%
Jul 2556.3%61.3%
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Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks

This metric measures the percentage of cases where the patient was waiting to start consultant-led elective treatment and had been waiting more than 52 weeks (one year). Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

4.7%

Rank: 108 of 118

National Average

2.6%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Elective proportion waiting over 52 weeks performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Aug 245.9%3.7%
Sep 245.0%3.3%
Oct 244.5%3.1%
Nov 244.1%3.0%
Dec 243.5%2.7%
Jan 253.3%2.7%
Feb 253.3%2.6%
Mar 253.4%2.4%
Apr 254.0%2.6%
May 254.4%2.7%
Jun 254.5%2.6%
Jul 254.7%2.6%
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Cancer

Cancer faster diagnosis

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited four weeks (28-days) from urgent referral to being told they have cancer, or cancer is definitively excluded. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

80.5%

Rank: 36 of 119

National Average

76.6%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing Cancer faster diagnosis over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer faster diagnosis performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Aug 2469.0%75.5%
Sep 2465.5%74.9%
Oct 2465.3%77.1%
Nov 2459.0%77.4%
Dec 2472.7%78.1%
Jan 2570.6%73.4%
Feb 2576.7%80.2%
Mar 2579.0%78.9%
Apr 2569.1%76.7%
May 2564.3%74.8%
Jun 2574.0%76.8%
Jul 2580.5%76.6%
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Cancer 62-day combined

The standard reflects the proportion of patients who waited two months (62-days) from an urgent suspected cancer or breast symptomatic referral, or urgent screening referral, or consultant upgrade to a first definitive treatment for cancer. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

70.6%

Rank: 59 of 119

National Average

69.2%

Providers: 134 (119 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing Cancer 62-day combined over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Cancer 62-day combined performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Aug 2472.9%69.5%
Sep 2472.1%67.4%
Oct 2472.3%68.2%
Nov 2472.2%69.4%
Dec 2469.6%71.3%
Jan 2563.7%67.3%
Feb 2575.3%67.0%
Mar 2583.2%71.4%
Apr 2583.7%69.9%
May 2568.3%67.8%
Jun 2573.6%67.1%
Jul 2570.6%69.2%
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Diagnostics

Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks

The purpose of this dataset is to measure waits and monitor activity for 15 key diagnostic tests. Early diagnosis is important to patients and central to improving outcomes. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

55.5%

Rank: 117 of 117

National Average

21.9%

Providers: 134 (117 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Jul 2025.

Monthly Diagnostics proportion waiting over 6 weeks performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Aug 2438.0%24.0%
Sep 2439.5%22.7%
Oct 2443.0%20.7%
Nov 2444.3%19.9%
Dec 2453.9%22.8%
Jan 2552.3%22.4%
Feb 2544.8%17.5%
Mar 2546.8%18.4%
Apr 2552.1%21.2%
May 2556.2%22.0%
Jun 2555.4%21.3%
Jul 2555.5%21.9%
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Accident and Emergency

A&E 4-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited less than 4 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge. Higher percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

73.9%

Rank: 59 of 118

National Average

75.9%

Providers: 134 (118 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing A&E 4-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025.

Monthly A&E 4-hour performance performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Sep 2467.7%74.2%
Oct 2464.8%73.1%
Nov 2464.3%72.2%
Dec 2462.1%71.1%
Jan 2563.7%73.0%
Feb 2567.1%73.5%
Mar 2588.4%75.0%
Apr 2581.3%74.8%
May 2578.5%75.4%
Jun 2571.3%75.5%
Jul 2574.4%76.4%
Aug 2573.9%75.9%
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A&E 12-hour performance

This metric reflects the proportion of patients who waited over 12 hours from arrival, to admission, transfer or discharge, for type 1 and 2 A&E departments only. Lower percentages indicate better performance.

Current Performance

5.1%

Rank: 29 of 114

National Average

8.9%

Providers: 134 (114 ranked)

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Performance table for West Suffolk showing A&E 12-hour performance over the last 12 months compared to national average. Up to latest available at Aug 2025. The most recent month is provisional data.

Monthly A&E 12-hour performance performance data for West Suffolk - last 12 months with national average comparison
MonthWest Suffolk National Average
Sep 249.9%9.9%
Oct 2411.8%11.2%
Nov 2411.4%10.8%
Dec 2414.2%12.1%
Jan 2514.8%12.7%
Feb 2511.8%11.3%
Mar 252.2%9.7%
Apr 253.2%10.1%
May 252.9%9.4%
Jun 255.5%8.9%
Jul 254.2%8.3%
Aug 255.1%8.9%
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